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Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES v 1,537,641 PATIENT OFFICE.

FRANK J; KRIS'IOFEK, oEsT. PAUL, MINNEsoTA; AssIGNoRTo RowN & BIGELOW,

OF sT. PAUL, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION or MINNESOTA.

HANDY PAID.

Application filed December 20, 1920. seriaiNo. 431,984.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. KRIsToIEK, a citizen of'the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Handy Pads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a handy pad including a receptacle for holding a pad of loose sheets of paper wherein the sheets are freely removable as desired. A cover is hinged to the receptacle in a manner to adjust itself at an inclined angle when the same is open and to cover the major portion of the receptacle when closed. 1

My invention includes resilient means to hold or adjust the leaves of the pad into a position so that they can be easily engaged and removed to be used for memorandum or other purposes as may be desired. The resilient adjusting means elevates the forward end of the pad against stops which prevent the sheets from projecting out of the receptacle when the same is open, whilethe front wall of the receptacle is cut away to provide a finger opening. This construction allows the last sheet of the pad to be removed as readily as the first.

The inner surface of this cover is adapted to form a display means upon which a pocket may be providedto support a calendar pad in a manner so that when the cover is in closed position the pocket projects into the receptacle, to allow the cover to fold against the upper edges of the same to lie in a plane parallel to the bottom. 1

The cover is provided with attaching ears formed integral therewith which project from the side and end so as to hingedly attach the cover to the receptacle body in a manner to cause the attached end of the cover to engage the upper surface of the receptacle to support the cover in a backward ly inclined angle, when the free'end of the cover is raised into open position. 'In this manner the cover is supported similar to an easel so as to readily display the inner surface thereof together with a calendar or other display matter attached thereto. This construction allows the handy pad to be folded into a small compact state for shipping and to form an attractive display when open.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view of the handy pad in open position, ready for use.

Figure 2 is a perspective of the same in closed position, illustrating the compactness of the pad when folded. I

Figure 3 is a cross section of the closed position. 1 I

Figure 4 is a central cross section of the same in open position. v I Figure 5 is a bottom view of the same. Figure (Sis a central cross section of an alternative construction:

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The handy pad A iscomposed of a receptacleor container B having a general rectangular shape in which a pad 0 of loose sheets 10 is held collectively; The receptacle B is formed of thin sheet material of any suitable nature. j

The handy pad A is adapted to be supportedby suitable corner members'll which form legs or supports for the receptacle and act as braces Ior the corners of the same. The supporting. members or legs 11 are rigidly secured by spot-welding or other suitable means to the body of the receptacle B.

The. pad C is held in the receptacle with the leaves or sheets 10 freely disposed so that they can be removed separately. The front wall 12 and the bottom 13 of the receptacle are cutaway centrally to form a recesslt at'the front so the sheets can be easily engaged with the fingers to remove them from the receptacle C. I

Spring fingers 15 are cut from the body of the bottom 13 of the receptacle B and are bent to project upwardly so as'to tend to force or hold the forward ends of-thesheets 10 upward against the stops 16. The stops 16 are formed integral with the sides 17 and project inward from the forward upper edges of the "same." Asth'e sheets are used from the pad G and the size of the pad diminishes'the springfingers 15 forcethe re,- maining sheets in the receptacle upward against the shoulders or stops 16 and the recess 14' allows the remaining sheets to be removed individually or collectively very easily.

A cover D is hingedly secured to the sides 17 by means of the attaching ears 18 in ,a manner to cause the rear edge 19 of the cover to engage against the upper edges 20 of the sides 17, forming a shoulder to limit the backward movement of the free end 21 of the cover D. The ears 18 project down- Ward and-away from the edge 19 to! permit the cover to berraised and moved intoa backwardly inclining angle in relation ,.to the receptacle B before the edgei19 engages the edges 20. This construction,permitsithe cover D to be securedby suitable eyelets'22 tanc'exfrom the rear wall 23, of the'receptacle.

pad and display matter.

This construction leaves an open space 124: between theedge :19 and' theupper :edge of the rear wall 23 whenrthesreceptacle B is closed ::as -illustrated in Figure 3. This space can be closed by ausuitableqhorizontally extending wall25-zprojecting from'the back 23 as :isillustrated in :the construction shown in; Figure .6. WVhen thus constructed the receptacle :is-vadapted to conceal "the sheets of the pad-C leaving'only the front edges .eXposednthro-ugh the opening :14.

The cover D forms a suitablezdisplay easel for acalendar=or display which is :held by the pocket 26 to the-inner surface of the cover.- A suitableformiof (perpetual, calen .dar :may be supported :by the pocket 26. When the cover D is moved into closed position as illustratedfin Figure 3,, the pocket 26 projects :into theireceptacle and is .con-

cealedwith the calendar-sin a manner to prothe,

videoacompact receptacle for containing The simple inexpensive construction ,of

thehandy padA, together withathe-easy manner-in which it can be :closed by-the cover-tea compact state makes it easy to pack for storing or shipment,:-Wthich isxan essential feature to anake up-a {practical device of this nature. handy pad is "particularly adapted for use :on a desk to :pro-

- vide a pad of loose sheets which can be iu-sed foivmemorandum jpurposes and KWhGIB' a pad of this kind is used zit-1's very GSSQIlllllF-tO have a calendar associated therewith so as to lbezable to readily refer :to the same, while if at anytime the .user wishes to coverwthe sheets to protectzthe same, thiscan'be read- :ily be accomplished-bydropping the cover of my-invention,-togetherawithr the apparatusWhichL'I noweconsider to represent the .best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that ,the construction shown is/only illustrative and that the in- .vention can be carried outby other means land-applied to uses other than those above set forth Within the scope of thefollowing claims.

What I claim is:

1. A handy .pad comprising a receptacle I .adaptedito collectively supportapad of memorandumsheetsand acover hingedly secured by integral \dependingwears to" the sides of thesame in a :manner to cause the attached edge ofsaid :cover to engage the 5 upper edge of said receptacle towform a shoulder for SllPPOlilllIlgSiLlCl cover :at an :anglein relation -:to SEtlCl receptacle -When the. same is open.-

2'. In an article of the classidescribed, a container adapted to hold :apad of sheets,

ashoulderformed-near the forward upper edgeiof the container, springmeans inclined from the back :to the front and formed wfrom the bottom=ofsaid container .ad-apted to.-;press the forward end of the :pad in said container against .said shoulder, a cover adapted tor-close said container and -an opening :adapted to expose the forward elevated endof the pad inv'the-container whereby the sheets of the same can be easily engaged and (removed @therefro-m. Y

3. A handy pad 'C0lI1pl1S1I1g a container having :a pad vof loose sheets, shoulders formed integral. with thebottom 'of said receptacleiadapted to ilIlOlllF-IQ from theback toward ithe-front and positioned within said container \in a manner, to hold the front ends of the sheets -of the pad against said =shoulwithin said receptacle;

4. A handy pad including a series of loose memorandum sheets, a container adapted .to hold said-sheets collectively, 1a eover'selders and to position the pad at an incline cured-tto the :sides-of said container,- in a ananner to be, supported at an angle by engagingwith the upper surface of said container when -m open position and means for supporting a calendar pad rt() 'tl1e inner Surface of said cover.

, St.' Paul,*Minnesota, November 4th, 1920.

FRAN K' J. KRISTOFEK. 

